This was another book that was difficult to rate. It was a powerful story, one that was hard to read in parts but necessary. It needs to be told and needs to be read by as many people as possible. At the same time, while the author did a great job setting down the events of the narrator's life, I didn't feel like he captured her emotions as well. There were some deeply traumatic things that happened to the narrator but I didn't feel the emotions when I read those parts. At the same time, the book was already over 450 pages so it's probably hard to strike a balance between telling the what of the story and capturing the right emotions without making the book go on forever.